Here’s the YouTube video forwarded by Paul McGee (thanks again Paul!).

God bless the generous hearts for the donation and most especially, God bless Hope Lodge!

All cancer patients need all the help they can get.

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Hope Lodge Received $4 Million Gift

During Cancer Control Month, we honor cancer victims and survivors, raise awareness of the impact cancer has on our citizens, and underscore our commitment to battling this deadly disease.

Cancer is the second-leading cause of death in the United States, and we remain committed to making the medical advances necessary to prevent and treat this disease.

Scientists and medical professionals have made great progress in developing innovative treatments, improving diagnostic tools, and increasing our understanding of cancer. These advances have helped people with cancer live longer, healthier lives.

Cancer Control Month is April — and the word the first comes to mind (each time I think of cancer) is hope. HOPE. There should always be hope, me thinks. Despite the difficulties in finding the cure, despite the difficulties in surviving cancer.

The official website of the American Cancer Society has a little corner called Stories of Hope. Have you found that yet? If not, check it out. Right Now.

Last week, I found out about Hope Lodge. What a fitting name to accommodate (for free!) cancer patients seeking treatment away from home.

Honestly, when I found out about that wonderful service (Hope Lodge), I was really deeply touched (still is). That is really a lot of help – in more ways than one – to cancer patients.

Speaking of Hope Lodge, I found this story of a prostate cancer survivor who found HOPE in Hope Lodge.

It took several weeks for a spot to open up; until then, Learned stayed in a hotel. Although he joined a local gym and even managed to find some tennis partners, he still felt isolated.

“I was in a strange city where I knew no one and I was by myself and my treatment was 15 minutes a day and that was the only thing I had to do,” he recalls. “It was very lonely.”

That all changed when Learned moved into Hope Lodge for the final 3 weeks of his treatment.

“Everybody there was so friendly,” he says. “It’s an incredible place.”

Read on. Thank God for such places, making one’s journey to survival, bearable.

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Finding Hope in Cancer

A service of the American Cancer Society (ACS) - Hope Lodge – offers free temporary housing to cancer patients that have to travel away from home to get cancer treatments, and is located in various locations throughout the United States.

Last night, the Hope Lodge NYC (the newest one) was featured on the local news. Watch it on YouTube.

Well, this is really a great help to all cancer patients. A little help goes a long for everyone and a free accommodation is really a big help.

Thanks again to Paul McGee of ACS for the heads up. I am pretty sure that you – my readers – will find this truly helpful.

Click here, to find out more about Hope Lodge.

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About Hope Lodge